Truck ban exemption for TABS users eyed starting Feb 15
The full implementation of the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) may take effect on February 15, with trucks registered under the system getting exemption…
Strict implementation of TABS may be moved forward if compliance remains low
The Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) is planning to strictly implement the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) ahead of schedule if the current rate…
Manila port congestion ‘very likely’ to recur – gov’t study
The congestion at the Port of Manila in 2014 sharply demonstrated the extent of damage that poorly planned and badly coordinated policymaking can inflict…
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) will be cancelling 115 domestic and 96 international flights at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from November 15 to…
MMDA adopts truck ban for South route from Nov 17-20
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will temporarily implement a modified truck ban along the South route from November 17 to 20 to give…
PH Customs chief eyes weighing of import cargo inside ports, truck registration with BOC
Customs commissioner Alberto Lina said he will soon issue a memo that requires terminal operators to weigh import containers within the port before their…
MMC mulls opening Roxas Boulevard to truckers again
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) is studying the possibility of allowing trucks to ply Roxas Boulevard, according to the head of the Philippine National…
PH off-dock depots’ utilization at pre-congestion levels
Utilization at off-dock container yards in the Greater Metro Manila and nearby areas is now back to pre-port congestion levels, but operators forecast levels could slip…
Manila urged to provide 24-hour free truck corridor
PHILIPPINE truckers, customs brokers and the port regulator/administrator separately asked the Manila city government to designate a 24-hour “free truck corridor” so as not…
PH truck ban exempts fuel tankers, relief goods carriers
THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) revised some provisions in its six-day total daytime truck ban for the holidays a day before the ban…
Conflicting weighing modes add to PH truckers’ anti-overloading woes
Philippine truckers burdened by restricted tonnage relating to the government’s anti-overloading campaign now face a couple more predicaments: the conflicting weighing modes used by…
